Department of Education from the state of Massachusetts has a great definition of it. A “scope and sequence is an overview of the skills and content covered in your program’s curriculum at each class level over a period of time (scope) 
and in a particular order (sequence)”. So how does scope and sequence impact a student ministry?
That is why Dan Istvanik is on the podcast today. Dan is the 5th-8th pastor at Victory Church in Lancaster, PA. He has been involved in ministry for over 23 years and has a ton of thoughts on creating the right scope and sequence for ministry.
So, today, Tom and Dan talk about what scope and sequence is, how it applies to student ministry and how you can design one yourself for your ministry.
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